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Are you looking for free things to do in New York City (NYC) on October 11, 2013?
40 free events take place on Friday, October 11 in New York City. Don't miss the opportunities that only New York provides! Exciting, high quality, unique and off the beaten path free events and free things to do take place in New York today, tonight, tomorrow and each day of the year, any time of the day: whether it's a weekday or a weekend, day or night, morning or evening or afternoon, December or July, April or November! These events will take your breath away!
New York City (NYC) never ceases to amaze you with quantity and quality of its free culture and free entertainment. Check out October 11 and see for yourself. Summer or Winter, Spring or Fall! Just click on any day of the calendar above and you'll find most inspiring and entertaining free events to go to and free things to do on each day of October . Don't miss the opportunities that only New York provides!
Some events take place all year long: same day of the week, same time there are there for you to take advantage of. One of the oldest free weekly events in Manhattan is Dixieland Jazz with the Gotham Jazzmen, which happen at noon every Tuesday. Another example of an event that you can attend all year round on weekdays is Federal Reserve Bank Tour, which takes place every week day at 1 pm (but advanced reservations are required). You can take at least 13 free tours every day of the year, except the New Year Day, July 4th, and the Christmas Day. If you are classical music afficionado, you can spend whole day in New York going from one free classical concert to another. If you love theater, then New York gives you an option to attend plays and musicals free of charge, or at deep discount. You just need to have information about it. And we are here to make that information available to you.
Are you looking for free things to do in New York City (NYC) on October 11, 2013?
40 free events take place on Friday, October 11 in New York City. Don't miss the opportunities that only New York provides! Exciting, high quality, unique and off the beaten path free events and free things to do take place in New York today, tonight, tomorrow and each day of the year, any time of the day: whether it's a weekday or a weekend, day or night, morning or evening or afternoon, December or July, April or November! These events will take your breath away!
New York City (NYC) never ceases to amaze you with quantity and quality of its free culture and free entertainment. Check out October 11 and see for yourself. Summer or Winter, Spring or Fall! Just click on any day of the calendar above and you'll find most inspiring and entertaining free events to go to and free things to do on each day of October . Don't miss the opportunities that only New York provides!
Some events take place all year long: same day of the week, same time there are there for you to take advantage of. One of the oldest free weekly events in Manhattan is Dixieland Jazz with the Gotham Jazzmen, which happen at noon every Tuesday. Another example of an event that you can attend all year round on weekdays is Federal Reserve Bank Tour, which takes place every week day at 1 pm (but advanced reservations are required). You can take at least 13 free tours every day of the year, except the New Year Day, July 4th, and the Christmas Day. If you are classical music afficionado, you can spend whole day in New York going from one free classical concert to another. If you love theater, then New York gives you an option to attend plays and musicals free of charge, or at deep discount. You just need to have information about it. And we are here to make that information available to you.
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The quality and quantity of
free events,
free things to do
that happen in New York City
every day of the year
is truly amazing.
So don't miss the opportunities
that only New York provides:
stop wondering what to do;
start taking advantage of
free events to go to,
free things to do in NYC
today!
The quality and quantity of
free events,
free things to do
that happen in New York City
every day of the year
is truly amazing.
So don't miss the opportunities
that only New York provides:
stop wondering what to do;
start taking advantage of
free events to go to,
free things to do in NYC
today!
40 free things to do in New York City (NYC) on Friday, October 11, 2013
All events are free unless otherwise noted.
Conference | Verdi's Third Century: Italian Opera Today
9:30-11:30 • Singers
Hilary Poriss (Northeastern University), Chair
Flora Willson (King’s College, Cambridge), “London, Paris, New York: Verdi’s global networks c. 1890”
Andrew Moravcsik (Princeton University), “The End of Late Romantic Opera? Explaining the Scarcity of Great Verdi Singers”
Pierpaolo Polzonetti (Notre Dame University), “Callas’s Diet / Violetta’s Meal”
Respondent: Cori Ellison (Glyndebourne Festival Opera)
11:30-12:00 • Coffee break
12:00-1:00 • Analyzing Verdi
William Rothstein (CUNY Graduate Center), Chair
David Rosen (Cornell University), “How Verdi’s Minor-Mode Solo Set Pieces End—i, I, or X?—and Why”
Liza Sobel (Rutgers University), “Verdi’s ‘Ave Maria sulla scala enigmatica’ ”
3:00-5:00 • Round Table - Framing Verdi: Opera and Twenty-First-Century Popular Culture
Carlo Cenciarelli (Royal Holloway, University of London), Convenor and Chair
Carlo Cenciarelli (Royal Holloway, University of London), “At the Margins of the Televisual: Picture Frames, Loops and Cinematics in Don Carlo”
Marco Andreetti (University of Rome “La Sapienza”), “La traviata Strips”
Katherine Williams (Leeds College of Music), “ ‘Complete with frock coat and beard’: Rufus Wainwright’s Opera”
Marina Romani (University of California, Berkeley), “Verdi’s Forgetful Consumers: Lega Nord’s ‘Va pensiero’ ”
William Cheng (Harvard University), “Gaming Opera”
5:00-5:30 • Coffee break
5:30-6:00 • Martin Chusid Award Announcement
6:00-7:15 • Keynote Lecture
Garry Wills (Northwestern University), “The Anticlerical Verdi”
New York City, NY; NYC
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9:30 am
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Tour | All-in-One Downtown Tour
This tour utilizes your feet and the New York City Subway* to transport you from Lower Manhattan, the birthplace of New York, through Wall St and the Financial District, Greenwich Village, SoHo, Chinatown and Midtown Manhattan. There will be ample opportunities for memorable pictures. You'll get the chance to savor NY's best pizza and cannoli and other treats, learn how to play NY handball, maybe bargain with a shopkeeper in Chinatown, observe a game of street chess in Greenwich Village, people watch and window shop in SoHo, and kick back on the Highline Park. Along the way, you'll master the subway and learn about New York's Finest!
New York City, NY; NYC
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10:00 am
Free
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Tour | Lower Manhattan Tour
It is here, as much as anywhere, where American history started. It's where the first US Congress assembled and produced the Bill of Rights and where President George Washington took his first oath of office. It's here where the world's most important stock exchange and one of the most famous bridges stand. And it is here where an unspeakable tragedy took place and where a rebirth is underway.
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10:00 am
Free
Free
Tour | SoHo, Little Italy & Chinatown Tour
You've seen the iconic skyscrapers, attended a Broadway show, visited Lady Liberty and relaxed in Central Park. Looking for a little more of the Big Apple? Maybe it's time to visit some of Manhattan's oldest and most enchanting historic districts. Take a relaxing stroll through SoHo, Little Italy and Chinatown.
New York City, NY; NYC
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10:00 am
Free
Free
Tour | Cathedral Tour
Explore the Cathedral's newly cleaned and restored Nave. Learn about the art, architecture and history of this great sacred space from 1892 to the present.
New York City, NY; NYC
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11:00 am
$6...
$6...
Gallery Talk | Gallery Tour: Picturing Central Park
Janet Ruttenberg’s monumental paintings use watercolors, oils, photography, video, and other media to capture the natural beauty of Central Park, which she portrays as a vast, panoramic stage filled with people of all ages and races. Join curator Andrea Fahnestock for a tour of the exhibition Picturing Central Park: Paintings by Janet Ruttenberg exploring the stories told in Ruttenberg’s work, and the varied methods, techniques, and materials she uses to bring Central Park and the figures that inhabit it to life on canvas.
New York City, NY; NYC
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11:00 am
Pay-what-you-wish admission policy
Pay-what-you-wish admission policy
Workshop | Park Pétanque
Learn to play pétanque, the popular European game anchored in precision, patience, and camaraderie from members of La Boule New Yorkaise, NYC’s championship-winning club.
New York City, NY; NYC
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11:00 am
Free
Free
Tour | Federal Reserve Bank Tour
Learn about central banking functions that Federal Reserve System performs and see Bank's vault of international monetary gold on bedrock of Manhattan Island, five stories below street level. Learn why Federal Reserve has "Federal" in its name, while it's a private bank, not Federal at all. Congressman Ron Paul considers the Federal Reserve "both corrupt and unconstitutional"
Tour times: 11:15 a.m., 12:00 p.m., 1:15 p.m., 2:30 p.m., 3:15 p.m., and 4:00 p.m.
New York City, NY; NYC
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11:15 am
Free
Free
Gallery Talk | Infinity of Nations Guided Tour
A Museum Ambassador gives a 45-minute free guided tour through the permanent exhibition.
New York City, NY; NYC
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12:00 pm
Free
Free
Workshop | Learn Juggling in the Park
Test your coordination and dexterity with free juggling lessons in the park. All skill levels are welcome to join in the fun. Equipment is provided. Lessons are weather permitting. You'll be surprised that Alex and Jordan can often be found outside tossing pins in the snow!
New York City, NY; NYC
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12:00 pm
Free
Free
Concert | Bach at Noon
The keyboard works of Bach offered in 30-minute meditations by Patrick Allen, organist and master of choristers, and Phillip Lamb, organ scholar.
New York City, NY; NYC
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12:20 pm
Free
Free
Tour | Grand Central and Its Neighborhood Tour
Discover architecture and social history of Grand Central neighborhood; learn secrets of Whispering Gallery in Grand Central Terminal; gaze upon hubcaps and roadsters on side of Chrysler Building; discover favorite Midtown Manhattan hangout of Mercury, Hercules, and Minerva; learn why Pershing Square isn’t really square; visit original Lincoln Memorial by Daniel Chester French. Award-winning tour led by urban explorer, historian, and storyteller Justin Ferate.
New York City, NY; NYC
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12:30 pm
Free
Free
Tour | Cathedral Tour
Explore the Cathedral's newly cleaned and restored Nave. Learn about the art, architecture and history of this great sacred space from 1892 to the present.
New York City, NY; NYC
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1:00 pm
$6...
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Workshop | Learn Fencing in the Park
Take a stab at the modern sport of fencing with masters from Manhattan Fencing Center. No prior experience needed and equipment is provided.
New York City, NY; NYC
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1:00 pm
Free
Free
Film | Peter Webber's Oscar-Nominated Girl With A Pearl Earring (2003): Vermeer's Muse
With Colin Firth, Scarlett Johansson, Tom Wilkinson.
This is the fictionalized account of how Dutch master painter Johannes Vermeer’s most famous painting might have come to be. Griet was a quiet peasant girl working in the home of Vermeer. Her life of drudgery was turned upside down when the painter noticed her milk-white skin set against a personality of stillness and striking poise and felt that she WAS "The Girl with a Pearl Earring."
New York City, NY; NYC
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1:00 pm
Free
Free
Tour | US Customs House Building Tour
A Museum Ambassador provides a 45-minute in-depth look at the unique architecture and design of the Alexander Hamilton Customs House.
New York City, NY; NYC
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1:00 pm
Free
Free
Tour | Harlem Tour
Although world famous, Harlem may be New York's best kept secret with some of the city's best architecture, food, music and people. Harlem's history is also one of the city's most dramatic, having gone through many ethnic, cultural and socioeconomic changes over the past roughly 400 years, which have resulted in a diverse array of places of worship, theaters, homes and eating establishments.
New York City, NY; NYC
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2:00 pm
Free
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Film | Louis Leterrier's Now You See Me (2013): Magicians' Secrets
With Jesse Eisenberg, Woody Harrelson, Isla Fisher.
An FBI agent and an Interpol detective track a team of illusionists who pull off bank heists during their performances and reward their audiences with the money.
115 Minutes
New York City, NY; NYC
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2:00 pm
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Lecture | The Passionate Brontes: An Introduction to the Lives and Works of Charlotte, Emily, and Anne Bronte
For readers of Jane Eyre, Wuthering Heights, or The Tenant of Wildfell Hall, the lives of the three Brontë sisters are endlessly fascinating. In this presentation, explore the elements that helped to create their legend: the lonely parsonage on the Yorkshire Moors, the dissolute brother, the obsessive juvenilia, the childhood tragedies, the conflict between domestic duty and creativity, the illnesses and early deaths--and try to determine how these factors contributed to the amazing adult poems and novels.
New York City, NY; NYC
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2:15 pm
Free
Free
Staged Reading | Play Reading: A View from a Death by William McCauley
Featuring Marc Geller, Steven Hauck, Lucy McMichael, Jillie Simon.
An eccentric psychic, a dubious guru, and a shifty niece plot to gain control of a dying man's will. With the help of a nefarious doctor and a blundering detective, all find themselves arrested, dead, or some combination of the two in this scathing satirical comedy. A very funny, witty and biting comedy by playwright William McCauley.
New York City, NY; NYC
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3:00 pm
Free
Free
Tour | US Customs House Building Tour
A Museum Ambassador provides a 45-minute in-depth look at the unique architecture and design of the Alexander Hamilton Customs House.
New York City, NY; NYC
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3:00 pm
Free
Free
Park Walk | Central Park Sunset Tour
Join Free Tours by Foot as they stroll through the park and tell the epic story of New York's green oasis. Once described as the lungs of the city, Central Park brings a breath of fresh air to New York's crowded urban terrain. What started out as the rocky and desolate northern fringes of a rapidly expanding city is today amongst the world's most famous and beloved public parks. Originally intended to bring people of all walks of life together -- a people's park -- Central Park lives up to it's original designs. With over 843 acres of meadows, hills, ball fields and bodies of water, it's impossible not to find something to enjoy in Central Park.
New York City, NY; NYC
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4:30 pm
Free
Free
Performance | Shirley Lauro's A Piece of My Heart: A Play about Women in the Vietnam War
Based on 26 interviews with women who served in Vietnam during the war, this play opened on Veterans Day, 2011 at The Tank Theatre in NYC. Women who participated in the Vietnam War, all of whom were volunteers, were forced to put an “m” next to their names (signifying male). As a result, there is no official list of how many women served in Vietnam during the war, though estimates range between 10,000-100,000.
New York City, NY; NYC
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5:30 pm
Free
Free
Park Walk | The High Line Night Tour
The area around the High Line Park was a vital business district of New York City, supplying fresh fruits, French Cheeses and Russian caviar as well as fresh meats to City markets. The hustle and bustle of the streets induced the City to elevate the railroad trains delivering goods to the commercial buildings. When interstate truck traffic made the railway outdated, it fell into ruin, only to be regenerated as a park.
New York City, NY; NYC
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5:30 pm
Free
Free
Workshop | Breathe, Stretch & Condition Workshop
With Jennifer Lott. Using principles of the GYROTONIC EXPANSION SYSTEM, lengthen, invigorate and tone the body.
New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
Free
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Discussion | CANCELLED***Manolo Blahnik, World’s Most Famous Shoe Designer, in Conversation***CANCELLED
THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED
With a career spanning more than 30 years, Manolo Blahnik will talk with Valerie Steele about his life and work.
New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
Free
Free
Other | Meet the cast of the TV show Lost Girl
Paul Amos and Rick Howland will be signing copies of Lost Girl season 3 on DVD.
New York City, NY; NYC
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6:00 pm
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Free
Concert | Faculty Piano Recital: Jessica Osborne
An evening of chamber music by Mozart, Faure and Rachmaninoff.
New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Author Reading | Jonathan Lethem discusses his book Dissident Gardens
National Book Critics Circle Award–winner and MacArthur Fellow Jonathan Lethem is the author of nine novels.
New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Performance | No Name... & A Bag O' Chips Comedy/Variety Show
Comic/pundit/blogger Leighann Lord (Fox News “Strategy Room) will be joined by comics Josh Homer (Comedy Central’s “Live at Gotham’) and Eric Neumann (Sirius XM Radio).
New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
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Concert | Piano and Cello Works by Martinu, Janacek, Bernstein, and Others
Program:
Josef Bohuslav Foerster: Melody (1892)
Janacek: Fairy Tale
Geraldine Mucha: For Erica
Leonard Bernstein: Meditation No. 1 from Mass (1971)
Roman Haas: Variations on a Moravian song
Viktor Kalabis: Remembrances of Better Times
Martinu: Sonata for cello and piano No. 2
With: Petr Nouzovsky, cello; and Patricia Goodson, piano.
New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
Free
Free
Screening | The 10th Annual CortoCircuito Latino Short Film Festival
The 10th annual CortoCircuito Short Film Festival will present more than 60 films. A not-to-miss opportunity to watch samples of today’s best Latino short filmmaking, including award winners from the Cannes, Guadalajara, Locarno and San Sebastian film festivals; shorts that are rarely screened in the U.S.; premieres from Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Ecuador, Guatemala, Mexico, Nicaragua, Salvador, Peru, Puerto Rico and Uruguay; as well as a rich selection of short films by Latinos living in the US.
Filmmakers will be present to introduce their films and participate in panel discussions. All films have English subtitles.
New York City, NY; NYC
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7:00 pm
Free
Free
Jazz | bAgg*fish, Jazz Duo
Featuring: Michael Fischer, tenor saxophone, feedback saxophone, violin; and Marcos Baggiani, drums, little instruments.
New York City, NY; NYC
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7:30 pm
Free
Free
Performance | Jeanne Mordoj's La Poème, a Multi-Disciplinary Work
La Poème is a multi-disciplinary work joyfully surrounding the female body, featuring movement and singing. Mordoj reconnects with her origins and addresses new modes of expression. Each program also includes talks with international artists and thinkers dealing with gender identity and the representation of women, including Bruno Perreau, Elizabeth Povinelli and Beatriz Preciado. Hosted by Quentin Girard and Damien Bright.
New York City, NY; NYC
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7:30 pm
$10 suggested donation
$10 suggested donation
Concert | Piano Performance of Charles Ives' The Concord Sonata
This concert is presented by the Piano Department.
New York City, NY; NYC
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7:30 pm
Free
Free
Concert | College Viola Recital
Stephanie Block and Stephanie Galipeau, Violas
New York City, NY; NYC
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8:00 pm
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Tour | Ghosts of Greenwich Village Tour
New York Ghost tours capture the spiritual side of the Big Apple through stories. famed explorers, native tribes, lost opportunities and political intrigue. With almost every step one takes through the West Village, one encounters the ghosts and spirits of New York City’s past. Every corner has its stories, every building has its haunted spirits.
New York City, NY; NYC
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8:00 pm
Free
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Lecture | How Big is the Solar System?: Lecture Plus Stargazing
A lecture by Brian Levine, Manager of Youth Programs/Astrophysics Educator, American Museum of Natural History.
New York City is a big place, and if you've ever flown over it, you might have a sense of that size. The Earth is much bigger, and few people can really grasp how big. But the Solar System is so much bigger. Explore the size of our celestial neighbors and neighborhood.
New York City, NY; NYC
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8:00 pm
Free
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Concert | The Axiom Ensemble performs contemporary music
Program:
JACOB DRUCKMAN Delizie contente che l'alme beate
after Francesco Cavalli (1973)
JACOB DRUCKMAN Come Round (1992)
MORTON SUBOTNICK Jacob's Room (2013 version) World Premiere
Specializing in the 20th century's "classic" repertoire and conducted by acclaimed American conductor Jeffrey Milarsky, the critically-acclaimed contemporary music ensemble Axiom
opens its season with works by American composers Jacob Druckman and Morton Subotnick.
New York City, NY; NYC
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8:00 pm
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Concert | Gordon Chambers, Grammy-Winning Singer-Songwriter
Grammy Award-winning singer, songwriter, and producer Gordon Chambers has written for the likes of Aretha Franklin, Whitney Houston, Beyoncé, Usher, and many more. He’s also released three solo albums featuring his uniquely impassioned vocals and a lived-in, confessional lyrical style that make him a master of the vintage soul sound.
New York City, NY; NYC
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